Luke O'Neill

Show Me The Science with Professor Luke O'Neill, a Newstalk original podcast.

Hello, Luke O'Neill here and welcome to Show Me The Science, my weekly podcast.

Well, this week, something very important is happening.

The VHI Women's Mini Marathon is happening, 10K.

And my wife is also running in this.

So hence, it's a big interest in our household.

And my wife is running for Breakthrough Cancer Research.

And it's an amazing gathering of people.

I've often now watched them running by and all the t-shirts and the causes they're raising money for.

Isn't it a wonderful thing?

And 10K is no mean feat.

I'll tell you that much.

And my wife is training every night to do this.

That was a great example of people getting out there.

and doing good things for their health.

But this week, I'm going to cover the science of exercise and marathon running.

Now, I've picked it partly because of the mini marathon that's coming, but also there's a big finding about exercise and why it's good for you.

Now, we know exercise is good for us.

It's obvious in a way.

But in the last few weeks, a new discovery has been made that it really helps the mind and they're measuring stuff in the brain, basically.